Qvb Tea Menu

Level 3, North End, QVB, 455 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Tel: 02 9283 7279 Fax: 02 9283 7276 [email protected] www.thetearoom.com.au

The History of Tea

Imported by the East India Company, the first samples of tea reached England between 1652 and 1654.

By the middle of the 18th century, tea had quickly proven popular enough to replace ale as the English

national drink.

Prior to the 17th century, the English had two main meals - breakfast and dinner. It was Anna, 7th Duchess

of Bedford, who first invited her friends to join her for an additional afternoon meal of bread and butter

sandwiches, small cakes and, of course, tea. Later, made popular by Queen Victoria, afternoon tea

developed into an indulgent cuisine of wafer-thin crust less sandwiches typically of cucumber, smoked

salmon and cheddar cheese, fancy cakes and regional British savouries and pastries such as Welsh

rarebit, Scottish scones and English crumpets.

Two distinct forms of tea services evolved: ‘low’ and ‘high’ tea. Low tea, enjoyed in the low or early part of

the afternoon, was served in aristocratic homes and featured gourmet titbits with emphasis being on the

presentation and conversation. The working class originated high tea. Not having the means of two main

meals each day they combined afternoon tea with the evening meal, serving meats, breads and cakes

with hot tea at the end of the day.

The Tea Room preserves a rich tradition using the highest quality single estate loose leaf teas and tisanes

sourced from the finest growing regions of the world - China, India, Japan, Sri-Lanka, Taiwan and Africa.

Unlike most loose leaf teas which are blends from many estates, our single estate teas guarantee the

purest expression of flavour, place and quality

The Tea Room offers morning tea and afternoon tea and an a la carte lunch in luxurious surroundings that

celebrate the cultural significance of the historic Queen Victoria Building Ballroom.



Monday to SUNday

Served 10am Until close

Morning Tea 28

Until 12pm

A set selection of finger sandwiches, petit fours, tea or coffee

Tea Selection included. Tea for Connoisseurs additional $2

Traditional Afternoon Tea 39

A set selection of finger sandwiches, petit fours, sweet and savoury pastries, scones with

preserve and clotted cream, tea or coffee


Sparkling Afternoon Tea 44


preserve and clotted cream, tea or coffee and a glass of Australian sparkling wine


cocktail Afternoon Tea 51


preserve and clotted cream, tea or coffee and served with a cocktail


Champagne Afternoon Tea 57


preserve and clotted cream, tea or coffee and a piccolo of French champagne


Gluten Free Afternoon Tea

A set selection of finger sandwiches, petit fours, sweet and savoury pastries made with

buckwheat, quinoa, chickpea flour and almond meal, tea or coffee

Can be substituted for morning tea or any afternoon tea

Please note that wheat products are used on premises

A minimum of one menu item per person must be ordered.

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Tea Selection 6.5

English Breakfast

Carefully chosen selection of best quality high grown Ceylon teas from the better known districts in Sri

Lanka. Full bodied rich traditional tea.

Irish Breakfast

Special Tea Room blend of black teas selected from the best quality high grown teas from the better

known districts in Sri Lanka and Assam. Serve with or without milk.

Earl Grey

Luxurious combination of carefully selected tea perfectly supplemented with the flavour of bergamot fruit.

A powerful blend; hearty and aromatic.

Nurbong Darjeeling

The full bodied bouquet of summer from renowned highland plantations in India.

Assam Bari

Single estate black tea ideal for those who like their tea as strong as coffee. Serve with or without milk and

other additives.

Orange Pekoe

A fancy grade of full tea from Dimbula, Sri Lanka where teas are grown in ideal conditions of sparkling sun

and crystal clear air. Fine scented with a full, bold flavour.

Chai

Special Tea Room blend of exotic spices - cinnamon, cardamom and cloves - with black tea. An

invigorating beverage refreshing to the mind and body with a strong pleasing aroma.

Tarry Lapsang

An interesting China tea with the smoky aroma of smouldering, resinous wood.

Vanilla

Fine pieces of vanilla are added to this delicate tea to offer a subtle sweetness.

Ceylon decaffeinated

A Ceylon tea full of fruit liveliness – without caffeine.

Red Roses

A blend of the finest China tea with rose petals – flowery and mild.

China Keemun

China tea of medium strength, slight hints of toasted rice.

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Tea Selection 6.5

Nilgiri Mountains

A mild, aromatic tea from the Nilgiri Blue Mountains, with the flavor of lemons and low in tannins.

Darjeeling’s Delight

A clear, fresh spring tea with a typical Darjeeling bouquet—from the best Organic tea gardens.

Fancy Sencha

An excellent example of delicately leafed China Sencha. Light green in the cup and slighty tart.

Wokou garden

This organic fragrant tea is carefully handcrafted to accentuate the delicate sweetness of spring.

Darjeeling Green Leaf

An elegant highland Indian tea with a distinctive delicate flowery aroma.

Classic Pai Mu Tan

A China white tea with a sweet aroma of light spice and jade green liquor.

Jasmine Gold

Sweet jasmine petals give their special flavour to this elegant fine leaved tea.

Milma gold

A spicily fruity tea from the highlands of Kenya.

Green Dragon

A tea with a flowery elegance and luscious fragrance. Delicate leaf buds picked by hand make for a rare,

mildly tart and refreshing tea.

Herbal Infusions 6.5

Peppermint

Pure, fresh herbal tea with a cool refreshing and highly characteristic taste. Lifts the spirits.

Chamomile

One of the most popular herbal beverages in the world. Fragrance is sweet, taste is floral.

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Classic English tea

It is blends like this that have given English teas their reputation: strong and aromatic, top quality teas

from Assam, Ceylon and Kenya that can be enjoyed with milk and sugar.

Splendid earl grey

A fragrantly gentle Darjeeling with fine China and Assam teas with the purest essential oils of bergamot

GOLDEN ASSAM

An excellent, especially large leafed tea with an unusual number of brilliant golden tips. It is harvested in

early summer when its aroma is at its best and the tea has developed a mild note of cocoa, accentuated

by a malty sweetness.

Darjeeling Summer

An exquisite Himalayan highland bush plucked in the summer when the leaves have matured to a flowery

richness. Only the highlands of Darjeeling with its ideal climate and soil can produce such a tea.

Superior oolong

One of the most exquisite semi-fermented teas from Formosa. Only minute quantities of this rarity are

harvested every year. A fascinating tea with great richness of flavour, and a fruit and nut character full of

elegance.

Yin long

A rarity from the mountains in the province of Anhui. When harvesting, only the delicate downy shoots are

carefully rolled by hand to a small ball and heated in the pan to halt fermentation. A subtle peach flavour

with a touch of tartness.

Jasmine pearls

The leaves of this rare specialty from China are plucked by hand and hand rolled into small balls.

Flavoured with fresh picked jasmine flowers, lending its unusual and delicate flowery aroma.

Silver pi lo chun

The leaves plucked in the morning with the striking fragrance of flowering fruit trees.

Gu zhang silver jian

Harvested only a few days of the year, this delicate, unsual, tea has a stunning aroma.

Superior gyokuro

A beautifully fine tea with a subtle and mildy sweet aroma, harvest only once each Spring.

Royal gunpowder

Refreshingly tart leaves rolled into balls

Royal Yunnan

Aromatic China tea from the renowned tea region.

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